NYPD's Top Cop Says National Guard Not Needed after 2nd Day of Protests
NYPD officers arrested 86 people protesting immigration enforcement in Manhattan, with bottles being thrown at police and traffic cones and trash cans tossed into the street.
NYPD officers arrested 86 protesters during a second day of immigration enforcement demonstrations in Manhattan.
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said her department can handle future protests without National Guard support: "We've certainly got this."
Of the arrested protesters, 52 received summonses and 34 were criminally charged.
No National Guard troops need to be sent to New York City after over 80 protesters were arrested Tuesday
Over 80 immigration enforcement protesters were arrested in New York City Tuesday, but NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch says the National Guard isn't needed, despite more expected demonstrations.
Tisch told WNYW-TV (per the New York Daily News) on Wednesday that her department of 34,000 officers will have no issues handling any future protests. She said she didn't foresee the Trump administration deploying National Guard troops like it did in Los Angeles.
“We certainly got this,” said Tisch. “I spent the weekend reaching out to our federal partners with a very clear message that the NYPD will have this under control. We have plans in place and if things escalate we can bring in cops from all over the city to assist.”
For a second day, over 2,500 demonstrators gathered in Foley Square in Manhattan on Tuesday to protest arrests made by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. During the protest, bottles were thrown at police, and participants threw traffic cones and litter baskets into the street.
Police detained 86 protesters, giving summonses to 52 individuals and criminally charging 34 others.
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